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we know what you can use and what can you not use. so we know older equipment here, lots of contractors, they need it. and right away. >> so somebody who's come out of the industry as a contractor doesn't stock equipment that nobody's ever going to buy. he's stocking stuff people are gooding to come to buy. he knows exactly what they need to use. that's a very smart business strategy. excellent idea. you've got some metal conduit. what is that? >> it's a cable. it's metal-clad cable. it's a product used, our m.c. cable. metal clad cable, m.c. cable. it's what's used in commercial work. it's a tougher product. than the non-metallic cable. >> let's open it up and see what we got here. how many conductors? >> in this particular one there's four. >> show us what these conductors are. these are standards colors of different kinds of conductors. tell us what they are. >> let's start with the white conductor which is the grounded conductor or the neutral. the two hot wires are ungrounded conductors. the ones that will give you a shock. and t
we know what you can use and what can you not use. so we know older equipment here, lots of contractors, they need it. and right away. >> so somebody who's come out of the industry as a contractor doesn't stock equipment that nobody's ever going to buy. he's stocking stuff people are gooding to come to buy. he knows exactly what they need to use. that's a very smart business strategy. excellent idea. you've got some metal conduit. what is that? >> it's a cable. it's metal-clad...
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to medical service use on the first floor provided no residential use or active street frontage use is loss lofted. we do have support for the legislation. charlie ferguson, member of the san board announced they approved it on february 11th. the small business commission voted 7 to 0 recommending it. and lastly, would just really like to thank planning staff, [speaker not understood] for all their help and attention to this issue. i'm available for questions. >> thank you. >> thank you, commissioners. stephanie gave a thorough explanation about the history of this legislation. so, i have a few remarks. basically, this legislation is very simple. it would be amending the planning code for this particular neighborhood commercial district to allow a use under certain circumstances, which is currently prohibited. as you've heard, the intent of the controls when this neighborhood commercial district was originally set up was in part to deal with a concern about expanding office-type uses and including medical service office type uses. what we think has been drafted here is a very narrow
to medical service use on the first floor provided no residential use or active street frontage use is loss lofted. we do have support for the legislation. charlie ferguson, member of the san board announced they approved it on february 11th. the small business commission voted 7 to 0 recommending it. and lastly, would just really like to thank planning staff, [speaker not understood] for all their help and attention to this issue. i'm available for questions. >> thank you. >> thank...
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twenty four seven whether or not they're used to kill us or taser us or laser us do we want to live in a society where we're being constantly watched by big brother and i don't think that's a left right issue i think that's a basic civil liberties issue and i'm happy that communities are starting to rise up against that potential so you're taking some notes there go ahead. well i guess i'm bothered by the moral issue here and by the end moral as reflected in the law issue i mentioned the magna carter the question i have is two years hence when we are celebrating the eight hundredth anniversary of the magna carter which poses the extreme restraints on the king of england gutsy barons doing that will it be an inquest will it be a funeral what will it be will it be a celebration that we stood up and said look people have rights people cannot be summarily interned or executed without due process of law and so what we have here is extra extra judicial and people sort of you want to say well. you know well extrajudicial killing is murder and that's what we're doing in places like yemen an
twenty four seven whether or not they're used to kill us or taser us or laser us do we want to live in a society where we're being constantly watched by big brother and i don't think that's a left right issue i think that's a basic civil liberties issue and i'm happy that communities are starting to rise up against that potential so you're taking some notes there go ahead. well i guess i'm bothered by the moral issue here and by the end moral as reflected in the law issue i mentioned the magna...
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we trust law enforcement to trust us-to protect us. we used -- we trust firefighters to protect us. this is a tool. this is technology that is maturing. it is not very difficult for you to go to one of these. the technology is there today. what we're really focused on is how will the faa regulates these things and how will they be used? host: years and that, if a hobbyist want to go to wherever they buy, they'll have to put my affirmation about the purposes for what they want other than 125 on the weekend with my kids? guest: in the death they bill the congress passed last year, there was a specific exemption for the modeling community. it is important to note that unmanned aircraft has evolved almost as bad as manned aircraft almost a hundred years. it is a common pastime, modeling. you can use than for a whole host of different things. woodhull will clearly be regulated? host: when those issues are decided, will the faa be the final authority? guest: the faa regulates our national airspace, so anything that flies. the faa doesn't really get involved in the purpose of the flight an
we trust law enforcement to trust us-to protect us. we used -- we trust firefighters to protect us. this is a tool. this is technology that is maturing. it is not very difficult for you to go to one of these. the technology is there today. what we're really focused on is how will the faa regulates these things and how will they be used? host: years and that, if a hobbyist want to go to wherever they buy, they'll have to put my affirmation about the purposes for what they want other than 125 on...
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the idea is to encourage a mix of uses and not necessarily a mixed-use building or a group of mixed-use buildings. it may be okay to have some single-use buildings within the larger project. the idea that was discussed at the task force was taking western soma and putting it in a blender and what you would get is one of these major developments. so with those major developments, if they take advantage of the additional height, the affordable housing and the residential impact fee rates basically convert to what is currently use the in the umu district and would increase to the tier b level in umu. approximately 12-16% and the residential impact fees would be reduced from tier 2 to tier 1 and that essentially amounts to 33% reduction in residential impact in fees. the commercial impact fees would be unchanged. so that rate would stay tier 2 if that was the tier designated for that property. >> mr. teague, i have some questions about that issue. >> sure. do you want to cover that right now? >> i can do it either way. would you prefer to wait until the end? >> i will wait. >> thank you. so
the idea is to encourage a mix of uses and not necessarily a mixed-use building or a group of mixed-use buildings. it may be okay to have some single-use buildings within the larger project. the idea that was discussed at the task force was taking western soma and putting it in a blender and what you would get is one of these major developments. so with those major developments, if they take advantage of the additional height, the affordable housing and the residential impact fee rates...
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only changes of uses to certain uses and this particular use is not one that triggers section 312. contrary to what mr. williams implied, there is no notice of violation on this property from the building department. the building inspector who came out and upon a complaint made and we don't know by whom, we think that it was a neighborhood, we think that it is anonymous resulted in no notice of violation, mr. carlin came out and the contractors merely said that they were moving in and setting up their equipment and start getting ready to do work. but that no work was actually commerced until after the permit issues. and nearly moving your tools into a space and setting up painting equipment and the like is not in itself constitute work without permit. it has been vacant and bays of that there was been vandalism and it continues to attract further criminal activity and this is a business that is already in san francisco. it is relocating. it has insurance only where it is and it is relocating to a different space and offering a more of a variety of services. and we know that because
only changes of uses to certain uses and this particular use is not one that triggers section 312. contrary to what mr. williams implied, there is no notice of violation on this property from the building department. the building inspector who came out and upon a complaint made and we don't know by whom, we think that it was a neighborhood, we think that it is anonymous resulted in no notice of violation, mr. carlin came out and the contractors merely said that they were moving in and setting...
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although some of the early uses when you go back and track when it starts being used in the '20s more and more often and replacing the word "framers," it was up used as a negative. the founding fathers never meant for us to have pastel-colored postage stamps or never meant for us to help poorer nations at the time of war. it was used as sort of giving these people who framed the constitution sort of a collective veto on certain things. and it was an interesting use of language. and then i got fascinated with harding because harding's misuse of the language was so intense that warren g. harding -- i mean, h.l. mepgen crutted a term which was a description of how badly harding murdered the language. but harding had an interesting ability to create words like bloviate meaning to, what i'm doing right now -- [laughter] orate, you know, pompously. but he also, it was also his way, he picked up a very old word that had really no use at all except in chemistry which was normalcy. normalcy had existed before in chemistry for a state of normality, but it was during the 1920 front porch campaig
although some of the early uses when you go back and track when it starts being used in the '20s more and more often and replacing the word "framers," it was up used as a negative. the founding fathers never meant for us to have pastel-colored postage stamps or never meant for us to help poorer nations at the time of war. it was used as sort of giving these people who framed the constitution sort of a collective veto on certain things. and it was an interesting use of language. and...
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thank you, phil ginsberg and the hatchery for hosting us. i use open data. our company was founded three years ago using open data. we are one of the first sustainable companies to use open data and be sustainable innovation, meaning we can generate revenue and keep mobile applications for government going. we are really excited to be here today. this is our official launch of apple-liscious. i would like to thank our team, kevin, rick robbins, moment of all [speaker not understood] for my cto and co-founder. this was a very long, long journey with the city, but we had the help of leaders like phil, mayor lee, jay driving behind the scenes, the efforts for business to work with government. and i think we've accomplished that with this unique partnership moving forward. we're excited now there's cross-department collaboration with the san francisco arts, with the san francisco public art which has now been thanks to sean working late last night, putting the public arts into golden gate park. this is providing access. it's providing efficiency, and it's provid
thank you, phil ginsberg and the hatchery for hosting us. i use open data. our company was founded three years ago using open data. we are one of the first sustainable companies to use open data and be sustainable innovation, meaning we can generate revenue and keep mobile applications for government going. we are really excited to be here today. this is our official launch of apple-liscious. i would like to thank our team, kevin, rick robbins, moment of all [speaker not understood] for my cto...
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we have total energy use per floor. we also have energy use in the building today that will show information and percentages on how much is being used today versus an average day. there's also information from solar, how much solar the building is producing, and showing the savings from solar. we also have reclaimed water and that will be shown per month. the center section is dedicated to water, wastewater and power. we have live information showing us how much wastewater has been treated so far from the night before. there is also a twitter feed and information that anyone that comes in can see, you know, current news and information from the twitter. there's also bart information, when is the next bart leaving, when is the next train departing. and there is weather, hetch hetchy, and weather at san francisco. >> the physical arts wall is comprised of 54 feet, 160 high-definition monitors that has a 3-d motion detection that allows you to approach the wall and then to look at the contents that is there in front of you
we have total energy use per floor. we also have energy use in the building today that will show information and percentages on how much is being used today versus an average day. there's also information from solar, how much solar the building is producing, and showing the savings from solar. we also have reclaimed water and that will be shown per month. the center section is dedicated to water, wastewater and power. we have live information showing us how much wastewater has been treated so...
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how should it be used? how should this information be used to? i use it to dole out treatment. that is how i thought we would kick start this seminar. i am happy to answer any other questions. i did not do this all by myself. i had a lot of individuals who helped me with this data. this research is all funded by the national research of health, your tax dollars. thank you for your attention. i will turn over to our moderator. thank you. [applause] >> actually, i would like to, i'm going to ask a few questions, but i was hoping we could get a debate going here rather than with me trying to ask intelligent questions and just have the very smart people just talking amongst themselves to educate us. so one of the questions that we're wanting to talk about today was the idea of free will in terms of the criminal justice system. and i would like to ask each of you, is there a definition of free will in the context of your individual work? we'll start with you, doctor. >> i would punt that one right over to david who is the expert in free will, and then we actually spent all last nigh
how should it be used? how should this information be used to? i use it to dole out treatment. that is how i thought we would kick start this seminar. i am happy to answer any other questions. i did not do this all by myself. i had a lot of individuals who helped me with this data. this research is all funded by the national research of health, your tax dollars. thank you for your attention. i will turn over to our moderator. thank you. [applause] >> actually, i would like to, i'm going...
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they've showed us a lot what they want to show us. so it's transparent in the sense by sheer volume, there's a lot of information out there. >> you mean in terms of leaks and that sort of thing? >> no, not in terms of leaks. they do put stuff out on the internet. they put a lot of information out there. they complain with some justification that a lot of the national press corps doesn't pay attention to that stuff out there. that's true. but most of it is not where the news is. the news is in the things that they don't put out there for the most part. and on that, they really do feel, this goes back to the campaign, having seen it at the beginning. they wanted to control their own narrative. they did it better than george bush did it before him. or bill clinton, god knows, had done it before that. they won without, for the most part, having to reveal what they didn't want to reveal. or tell stories they didn't want to tell. don't forget, this say president who basically wrote his own campaign biography, years before he ever ran for of
they've showed us a lot what they want to show us. so it's transparent in the sense by sheer volume, there's a lot of information out there. >> you mean in terms of leaks and that sort of thing? >> no, not in terms of leaks. they do put stuff out on the internet. they put a lot of information out there. they complain with some justification that a lot of the national press corps doesn't pay attention to that stuff out there. that's true. but most of it is not where the news is. the...
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the purpose of sali is to protect the area from office uses and promote industrial design uses. so the current version of the sali will not allow exceptions for architectural firms, which means that the firms were previously established now have to rely on the non-conforming use controls. thank you. >> thank you. >> good afternoon, supervisors. my name is janet clyde and my name was called in error in the previous item or you would have had my speaker card. i am a former small business commissioner and i'm here to speak on a couple of things that i heard this afternoon. the first is that i would like to congratulate the work of the western soma task force and i hear that arts are principally permitted throughout the district. i would like to have you consider the llp as a low-impact usage. i was one of the first proponents of this new permit and it was not in existence during much of the creation of the western soma plan. so i think performing arts and this limited accessory use is important, because in order for very small businesses to succeed, we need to give them the tools t
the purpose of sali is to protect the area from office uses and promote industrial design uses. so the current version of the sali will not allow exceptions for architectural firms, which means that the firms were previously established now have to rely on the non-conforming use controls. thank you. >> thank you. >> good afternoon, supervisors. my name is janet clyde and my name was called in error in the previous item or you would have had my speaker card. i am a former small...
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these used to be considered gypsy cabs, not because they're using an app. somehow they're innovative entrepreneurs. so, you guys have to do something about this or forget about making any money. you ruined the lives of a lot of drivers already. come on, do something. you know, hire some investigators out there. do your job. >> thank you. anyone else care to address the board under the public comment? okay, seeing none public comment period is closed. director brinkman. >> could we please, director reiskin, get some kind of update on where we stand with not only hiring -- budgeting to hire new inspector to taxi administrative services, but also just where we stand on what we can do about lift inside car and car to go? i did read the new puc rulings. i have to admit i'm a little lost as to where that leaves us and what our options are now. i think it would be really helpful to get an update on that. i know it concerns -- it concerns all of us as city people and taxi riders. >> especially the insurance part. >> especially the insurance part. it worries me to h
these used to be considered gypsy cabs, not because they're using an app. somehow they're innovative entrepreneurs. so, you guys have to do something about this or forget about making any money. you ruined the lives of a lot of drivers already. come on, do something. you know, hire some investigators out there. do your job. >> thank you. anyone else care to address the board under the public comment? okay, seeing none public comment period is closed. director brinkman. >> could we...
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she's going to join us and tell us what it was like. one of the people who had to wait a long, long time to get off the ship. >> still apparently has to wait more. >> we will be right back with that. ♪ sweet home alabama where the skies are so blue ♪ ♪ sweet home alabama your identity and turn your life upside down. >> hi. >> hi. you know, i can save you 15% today if you open up a charge card account with us. >> you just read my mind. >> announcer: just one little piece of information and they can open bogus accounts, stealing your credit, your money and ruining your reputation. that's why you need lifelock to relentlessly protect what matters most... [beeping...] helping stop crooks before your identity is attacked. and now you can have the most comprehensive identity theft protection available today... lifelock ultimate. so for protection you just can't get anywhere else, get lifelock ultimate. >> i didn't know how serious identity theft was until i lost my credit and eventually i lost my home. >> announcer: credit monitoring is
she's going to join us and tell us what it was like. one of the people who had to wait a long, long time to get off the ship. >> still apparently has to wait more. >> we will be right back with that. ♪ sweet home alabama where the skies are so blue ♪ ♪ sweet home alabama your identity and turn your life upside down. >> hi. >> hi. you know, i can save you 15% today if you open up a charge card account with us. >> you just read my mind. >> announcer: just...
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eddie farmer is in saatchi to give us a false alarm. piece by piece so she's a limp dick dream is coming together would continue surround the club but with a year to go things are shaping up in the company in charge of construction has a simple message despite building the everything from scratch russia will be ready to finish and. we plan to introduce all the facilities before the games start the training facilities are ready practically all of them of close to test competitions hold hotels and olympic villages are in the final phase of construction being referred bisht unfurnished the show jewels to open in the olson we plan to complete construction long before the end of the year said personal can train the managers can gain experience in providing a good service but achieving this goal has come at a staggering price hasting these games is costing around fifty billion dollars making them the most expensive in the limbic history they cost ten times more than the last winter games and by. and ten billion dollars more than the beijing s
eddie farmer is in saatchi to give us a false alarm. piece by piece so she's a limp dick dream is coming together would continue surround the club but with a year to go things are shaping up in the company in charge of construction has a simple message despite building the everything from scratch russia will be ready to finish and. we plan to introduce all the facilities before the games start the training facilities are ready practically all of them of close to test competitions hold hotels...
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i don't believe that you can consider a conditional use for various uses that right now are not permitted under the code. section 121.2 provides in the north beach ncd, nonresidential use sizes of 4,000 feet and above are not permitted. i don't think you can consider a 4700 square foot thing until the law has been changed. section 7 80.3 is implicated, as is section 22 1.1. the bottom line here is that i believe as a matter of law, commissioners, respectfully you have the cart before the horse and you cannot adopt this matter until the law has changed in such a way that you can issue the conditional use. * thank you for considering my comments. >>> tough act to follow. commissioners, my name is richard hammond, long-time resident of north beach. and a couple of decades ago in my capacity as a concrete contractor and a foundation contractor, i dug a tunnel under bake man broadway for parking garage. you can see it when the garage doors open. i did another one down the street, another long tunnel, 30, 40 feet. i did one on larkin street. there is nothing exotic about the -- in construction
i don't believe that you can consider a conditional use for various uses that right now are not permitted under the code. section 121.2 provides in the north beach ncd, nonresidential use sizes of 4,000 feet and above are not permitted. i don't think you can consider a 4700 square foot thing until the law has been changed. section 7 80.3 is implicated, as is section 22 1.1. the bottom line here is that i believe as a matter of law, commissioners, respectfully you have the cart before the horse...
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does it have common, lawful use. yes, handguns have common, lawful use. handgun magazines have common, lawful use. yes, the ar-15 rifle, the best selling rifle in this country for years, has pervasive lawful use. >> if we restrict access to these guns, we are limiting the ability of individual americans, law-abiding americans, to use them for lawful purposes? >> criminals may misuse something, but that does not constitute sufficient reason to prevent law-abiding citizens from using a commonly used firearm. >> ms. trotter, do most of the gun-owning women that you know have an inclination to abide by the law in connection with a gun ownership? >> definitely. >> if we were to ban all weapons that contained an ammunition magazine capable of accommodating more than 10 rounds, would most female gun owners abide by that law? >> of course. >> what about criminals, those who use weapons like these in connection with crimes? are they as likely to abide by that law? >> by definition, criminals do not abide by the law. >> women you know, that you represent, described
does it have common, lawful use. yes, handguns have common, lawful use. handgun magazines have common, lawful use. yes, the ar-15 rifle, the best selling rifle in this country for years, has pervasive lawful use. >> if we restrict access to these guns, we are limiting the ability of individual americans, law-abiding americans, to use them for lawful purposes? >> criminals may misuse something, but that does not constitute sufficient reason to prevent law-abiding citizens from using...
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being used overseas which are used on encrypted band with these are on an encrypted band with they can get spooked this has been brought to the. the f.a.a. it's been brought to the attention of congress supposedly there's a two year span where they expect to have this issue addressed encryption is not that sophisticated i mean people have it on their you can do v.p.n. on your cell phone and exactly so it's a it's a two year time waiting period before all drone signals should be encrypted in the united states as well and that really raises two issues of their hackable one is could somebody gain control of the drone and secondly could somebody simply say from now on the data stream like people used to listening on cell phone overspend right now both of those things are possible it's been shown to be possible we've had intercept. transmissions intercepted overseas on the encrypted bandwidth supposedly encrypted bandwidth using back doors and weaknesses in the technology and professor todd humphreys at the university of texas in austin showed how to take control of a drone and kind of take
being used overseas which are used on encrypted band with these are on an encrypted band with they can get spooked this has been brought to the. the f.a.a. it's been brought to the attention of congress supposedly there's a two year span where they expect to have this issue addressed encryption is not that sophisticated i mean people have it on their you can do v.p.n. on your cell phone and exactly so it's a it's a two year time waiting period before all drone signals should be encrypted in the...
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what about us? what about ensuring we have what we need to make sure our families have economic security and health security? it's a lot for all of us when it comes to clean air and clean water in our climate. we also keep hearing about these job killing regulations. for millions of americans, especially minority and low-income communities, clean air protections are lifesaving regulations. this is another big reason why environmental issues are registering on the mind of some and a latino families today. we and unequivocal support lowering the pollution from power plants. we need new regulations and it will help the health of our family now and into the future. the president's plan to create more clean energy jobs, responsible energy development, it is literally what the doctor ordered for all of us. let's make sure that we help this president on his commitment and plans when we marched to the white house today. on climate change, amigos, i have no doubt that with your commitment, your energy, your
what about us? what about ensuring we have what we need to make sure our families have economic security and health security? it's a lot for all of us when it comes to clean air and clean water in our climate. we also keep hearing about these job killing regulations. for millions of americans, especially minority and low-income communities, clean air protections are lifesaving regulations. this is another big reason why environmental issues are registering on the mind of some and a latino...
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by thy light led us into the light, keep us forever in the path we pray. lest our feet stray from the places our god where we met thee, lest our hearts drunk with the wine of the world we forget thee. shadowed beneath thy hand may we forever stand true to our god, true to our native land. will you please stand and join me in the singing of lift every voice and sing? ♪ lift every voice and sing till earth and heaven ring ring with the harmonies of liberty let our rejoicing rise high as the listening skies let it resound loud as the rolling sea sing a song full of the faith that the dark past has taught us sing a song full of the hope that the present has brought us facing the rising sun of a new day begun let us march on till victory is won stony the road we trod bitter the chasening rod felt in the day when hope unborn had died yet with a steady beat have not our weary feet come to the place for which our fathers died we have come over a way that with tears has been watered we have come treading the [speaker not understood] of the slaughtered out of the
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certainly glad to have you with us. now from drone strikes to torture techniques barack obama's nominee for head of the cia is facing tough questions in the senate confirmation hearing this session is under way again after it was disrupted by protestors angry at john brennan's role in america's drone program. brennan is widely seen as one of the architects of a controversial program in an effort to avoid scrutiny over his candidacy the u.s. president has even agreed to hand over classified documents justifying the killing of american terror suspects abroad and as artie's a gun and comments brennan's confirmation might broaden their horizons for america's drone fleets. in the shadows no more drones are moving into the mainstream with drone makers and the u.s. military pushing to defend the killing of drones are more properly titled remotely piloted vehicles allow us to do is to project capability without projecting vulnerability in their revolutionising we're. allowing us to see and keep you from half a world away a majo
certainly glad to have you with us. now from drone strikes to torture techniques barack obama's nominee for head of the cia is facing tough questions in the senate confirmation hearing this session is under way again after it was disrupted by protestors angry at john brennan's role in america's drone program. brennan is widely seen as one of the architects of a controversial program in an effort to avoid scrutiny over his candidacy the u.s. president has even agreed to hand over classified...
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only changes of uses to certain uses and this particular use is not one that triggers section 312. contrary to what mr. williams implied, there is no notice of violation on this property from the building department. the building inspector who came out and upon a complaint made and we don't know by whom, we think that it was a neighborhood, we think that it is anonymous resulted in no notice of violation, mr. carlin came out and the contractors merely said that they were moving in and setting
only changes of uses to certain uses and this particular use is not one that triggers section 312. contrary to what mr. williams implied, there is no notice of violation on this property from the building department. the building inspector who came out and upon a complaint made and we don't know by whom, we think that it was a neighborhood, we think that it is anonymous resulted in no notice of violation, mr. carlin came out and the contractors merely said that they were moving in and setting
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>> he was in there with us. we didn't get away from us. he spoke with us, tried to calm us down. >> when he jumped out and hollered "stay calm," karen screamed and started running and he ran after her. he caught her on the staircase and brought her back. >> reporter: it sounded like he tried to calm you down. >> yes, he did. >> you could see that big gun sticking up there. >> he had his gun drawn the whole time. >> he had the gun drawn showing -- >> reporter: did you know it was him? >> oh, yes. >> reporter: how long were you in there with him? >> about 15 minutes. >> reporter: it felt a lot long longer. >> it felt a lot longer. he talked to us and said very frequently he would not kill us. that's exactly how he said that. he told us about the man in the boat in san diego. >> said he didn't kill him, wasn't going to kill us. he said it was a means to the we end and that's what he wants from us, he needs transportation out of big bear. he continued to say quite frequently he would not kill us. and he just us to do what he asked. and so he h
>> he was in there with us. we didn't get away from us. he spoke with us, tried to calm us down. >> when he jumped out and hollered "stay calm," karen screamed and started running and he ran after her. he caught her on the staircase and brought her back. >> reporter: it sounded like he tried to calm you down. >> yes, he did. >> you could see that big gun sticking up there. >> he had his gun drawn the whole time. >> he had the gun drawn showing...
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i used street art for you, illegal street art. use something that they would use. mostly of you guys know about graffiti a little bit in here, right? so, you can makeup something. do you guys want to tell your handle? it asks you for all this stuff. obviously you're not going to put your real birth date in there and address and all that stuff, but you'll block it out. anybody want one? you all scared? what are you here for? all right. after you get your fake yahoo! account set up, you're going to come onto facebook. and up at the top it's going to have your sign-upright here. it's free and always will be, okay. that's why we like it. in there you're going to put in -- try to do the same thing that you do with your names and stuff like that, your first and last name, the e-mail that you just made with yahoo!, okay. and it's kind of
i used street art for you, illegal street art. use something that they would use. mostly of you guys know about graffiti a little bit in here, right? so, you can makeup something. do you guys want to tell your handle? it asks you for all this stuff. obviously you're not going to put your real birth date in there and address and all that stuff, but you'll block it out. anybody want one? you all scared? what are you here for? all right. after you get your fake yahoo! account set up, you're going...
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of us. but, of course, that's not true. when you that health care is impossibly complex for consumers, one of the things to remember is that nobody in health care can make money by making it easy for you. nobody. think about the computer. i don't understand anything about how any of my computers work. i've got a lot of them. i've got three phones, i've got laptops, i've got tablets, right? is not that into how they work but it's also not because there's one that is the clear superior computer that we all must have. it's, in fact, because of the opposite. this most impossibly complex thing on earth, this thing that was used only by nasa and the irs and ibm. is used by all of us because nobody said to complicated for consumers. somebody said i know how to make a living, i'm going to figure out how to make it smaller and smaller. rand released a study this month that said that the $81 billion in savings we were going to get by making an investment in health i.t. produced no savings. too bad bec
of us. but, of course, that's not true. when you that health care is impossibly complex for consumers, one of the things to remember is that nobody in health care can make money by making it easy for you. nobody. think about the computer. i don't understand anything about how any of my computers work. i've got a lot of them. i've got three phones, i've got laptops, i've got tablets, right? is not that into how they work but it's also not because there's one that is the clear superior computer...
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and you were able to use your bathroom if somebody hasn't already used it. so, that was on monday. so, i'm sure it's at those conditions now. >> and what -- >> they were not able to sleep in the hallway. >> because it was so filthy. what about the report that people are hoarding food and that it's difficult for passengers to get food? >> yes. i had heard that people had been standing in line for four hours to get a hamburger. i cannot imagine my 12-year-old daughter and her dad and the people in their group standing in line for four hours to get something to eat. >> and was it -- >> i can't imagine. >> you drove from texas and you brought antibiotics with you so the minute your daughter gets off the ship you can treat her? >> yes, ma'am. before i left i called our family doctor and i told him the condition that was going on and i said just give me a broad-spectrum antibiotic that's going to be good for the bacteria of what's probably in that ship of what's going on and they went ahead and called me one in and -- >> i'm sorry to interrupt, has carnival spoke to you at all about the
and you were able to use your bathroom if somebody hasn't already used it. so, that was on monday. so, i'm sure it's at those conditions now. >> and what -- >> they were not able to sleep in the hallway. >> because it was so filthy. what about the report that people are hoarding food and that it's difficult for passengers to get food? >> yes. i had heard that people had been standing in line for four hours to get a hamburger. i cannot imagine my 12-year-old daughter and...
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and they come to our court looking to meet with us and to talk to us, each of us to learn from each other. and i travel. i traveled to law school to account the bar association groups. i travel to other kinds of groups as well, because i want to reach out and teach people about the law and about how it makes me so passionate about what i do. if in one meeting with the people i can get them to understand our legal system a little bit better, i hope that they will become better citizens. that they will be more active citizens, and working in the team unity and improving it for everyone. so we're busy on lots of different things, not just him being in the courtroom. that our that lawyers have argued cases before us, it's a microcosm of the work that we put into the case. >> the most popular question submitted was how do the justices get along? [laughter] now, i know that relations among you all are deeply collegial, so i'm wondering, what are the conference rituals and the ways you all build relationships? >> it starts with respect. if you come into this process, appreciating that every sing
and they come to our court looking to meet with us and to talk to us, each of us to learn from each other. and i travel. i traveled to law school to account the bar association groups. i travel to other kinds of groups as well, because i want to reach out and teach people about the law and about how it makes me so passionate about what i do. if in one meeting with the people i can get them to understand our legal system a little bit better, i hope that they will become better citizens. that...
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there used to be part of the fund that individuals for at least the smaller buildings could use surf and cherp moneys and programs commissioner melgar is better at speaking on that issue. but i understand from the housing those funds are some what dried up. dbi did fund that at one point in time and it may be as the economy picks up that we will look at perhaps, the funding, but also look at whether or not, in the appropriate situation whether that can be expanded to other than small property owners in certain situations. i would not say, necessarily, that 308 turk would necessarily be a candidate. but other prompts may be. that would definitely be something to be looked at. >> that would be great and maybe we could get together proposals around that. i think that it is a benefit. to have these buildings available. there are some of our lowest cost housing. but they really need to, we need to continue to focus on bringing the ha bitbility up. >> and the bliet cases that are very difficult cases for us to resolve so if that became available in the future it would be most helpful. >> a
there used to be part of the fund that individuals for at least the smaller buildings could use surf and cherp moneys and programs commissioner melgar is better at speaking on that issue. but i understand from the housing those funds are some what dried up. dbi did fund that at one point in time and it may be as the economy picks up that we will look at perhaps, the funding, but also look at whether or not, in the appropriate situation whether that can be expanded to other than small property...
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joining us is dr. lawrence, senior vice president of research for the national association of realtors. good to have you with us. >> good evening. lou: this market looks like it's really recovering. give us a sense, as best you can, how strong it is nationwide. >> well, the strength of the recovery is much stronger than many people anticipated, and we are basically seeing the housing start up roughly 25% from one year before, and i think that for 2013, it could be a bigger increase because we are encountering some housing shortage. home sales running roughly 10% higher from one year before, and the inventory level came down to a 13-year low level, and because of the low draw down in inventory, one is seeing a consistent price increases, and these price increases have added $1 trillion to household wealth who are homeowners. lou: well, adding a trillion dollars, we still got a ways to go in this market to get us back to, well, pre-2008 levels. the idea that this -- that we're seeing this resurgence thou
joining us is dr. lawrence, senior vice president of research for the national association of realtors. good to have you with us. >> good evening. lou: this market looks like it's really recovering. give us a sense, as best you can, how strong it is nationwide. >> well, the strength of the recovery is much stronger than many people anticipated, and we are basically seeing the housing start up roughly 25% from one year before, and i think that for 2013, it could be a bigger increase...
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us priority to give us the preempt and allow us to raise $7 at local level so we can invest. >> could be individual states to do that better in negotiation with at&t or sprint or verizon @? could we cut a better deal nationwide? >> you want to put the savings back into this structure. >> which then goes back to the fact we should have a governor on the panel. ricoaetna she said puerto was included. on behalf of my colleagues, territories are included. >> thank you. >> lonely are all connected, we will get through these nuances. anything else? thank you very much. thank you for your comment. we should consider sending out another letter. this will be an issue in terms of maximizing the value of this and whether it becomes something that is intercepted by the governments, whether we actually have it so we can in chief interoperability among our first responders. the next topic which is going to be the balance of this meeting. we're also joined from the governor of arizona and we think her work on these issues. be we have a number of distinguished presenters here he will be talking to us
us priority to give us the preempt and allow us to raise $7 at local level so we can invest. >> could be individual states to do that better in negotiation with at&t or sprint or verizon @? could we cut a better deal nationwide? >> you want to put the savings back into this structure. >> which then goes back to the fact we should have a governor on the panel. ricoaetna she said puerto was included. on behalf of my colleagues, territories are included. >> thank you....
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in terms of why we use conditional use necessary or desirable, you know, we had a special use district for booker t. washington, for higher height district. we decided it was necessary and desirable for the type of housing community it was providing. we also approved that sud prior to the board of supervisors taking action on it. so, it's not as if this is unusual situation. i would say that the completion of this project is necessary and desirable for the city and we've already invested the funds. commissioner sugaya brought up a good point. one of the shortcomings of this project all along was that it didn't extend all the way to fisherman's wharf. if we had the opportunity, the boring machines in north beach and set up at least a north beach station and poe lebanontionv any in the future be able to explore a fisherman's wharf station, it makes a lot of sense to me that we would want to make that preference. the other thing i wanted to point out is that in terms of the sud we've discussed, it has an expiration date on it. this is not an incident sud. so, it's not like other sud's we
in terms of why we use conditional use necessary or desirable, you know, we had a special use district for booker t. washington, for higher height district. we decided it was necessary and desirable for the type of housing community it was providing. we also approved that sud prior to the board of supervisors taking action on it. so, it's not as if this is unusual situation. i would say that the completion of this project is necessary and desirable for the city and we've already invested the...
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i think if you use a daylight dense sores and motion sensor combination, you are allowed to use a conventional light with the combination of the sensors. this is a very national efficient light. it takes 70 watts but it probably puts out the equifflant of five times the light that an incandescent light bulb would. >> it lasts for a long time. this is $24,000 replacing a $2 bulb. >> 10 times as long. >> we're going to look at boxes and devices and rings. >> right around the corner. >> we're going to walk over to the devices. >> devices. >> on the way over to this location after talking about energy-efficient light bulbs, i noticed the display for halogen bulbs. there are a lot of halogen lights and this is a 20-watt bulb. they're popular in kitchens and very popular for display. the problem with them is they are very inefficient. they create a lot of heat for the light and they are not allowed to be used by the energy code except in displays. even though customers like them, they're really not desirable in terms of the energy code. >> a lot of stuff is sold in stores that doesn't meet the code
i think if you use a daylight dense sores and motion sensor combination, you are allowed to use a conventional light with the combination of the sensors. this is a very national efficient light. it takes 70 watts but it probably puts out the equifflant of five times the light that an incandescent light bulb would. >> it lasts for a long time. this is $24,000 replacing a $2 bulb. >> 10 times as long. >> we're going to look at boxes and devices and rings. >> right around...
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allowing the formula retail use within this umu zoning district. the department believes that it is a necessary or desirable project because it will not affect the concentration of formula retail uses existing within the contiguous umu zoning district because it is replacing an existing formula retail use. because the project will improve the pedestrian experience along bryant street, and because the project is consistent with the planning code and showplace square, potrero area plan, and the general plan overall. therefore, the department recommends approval of the project with the inclusion of the following conditions in addition to those included in the draft motion, and this is what's listed on the handout that we presented. new condition number 1 would be planning department staff shall continue to work with the project sponsor on the design of both the bryant street facade and the facade facing the parking lot to assure harmonious corporation of the proposed signage, entryways and proposed changes in [speaker not understood] into the existing
allowing the formula retail use within this umu zoning district. the department believes that it is a necessary or desirable project because it will not affect the concentration of formula retail uses existing within the contiguous umu zoning district because it is replacing an existing formula retail use. because the project will improve the pedestrian experience along bryant street, and because the project is consistent with the planning code and showplace square, potrero area plan, and the...
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choose to use the consensus get to. choose the opinions that invigorating to. choose the stories that entire life choose to access to often. well this week saw days of strikes in spain as tens of thousands of teachers and students voiced their anger over education cuts the government seems on moved by the crowds and says it's committed to belt tightening measures as it struggles to dig their country out of its debt hole spain is also experiencing a staggering unemployment rate with one in four currently out of a job a message from the people of spain was echoed on the streets of arland where thousands united in a massive show of anger against severe austerity measures tough cuts were implemented to please our ends creditors has been relying on a joint e.u. international monetary fund loan since twenty ten. angry crowds have also been spoiling the mood of e.u. leaders as they celebrate and historic budget deal cutting the block spending for the first time ever it was sealed after hours of debates and bickering described by some as a bizarre however the deal left
choose to use the consensus get to. choose the opinions that invigorating to. choose the stories that entire life choose to access to often. well this week saw days of strikes in spain as tens of thousands of teachers and students voiced their anger over education cuts the government seems on moved by the crowds and says it's committed to belt tightening measures as it struggles to dig their country out of its debt hole spain is also experiencing a staggering unemployment rate with one in four...
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in to us as well, which we block. but there's a town, marshaltown, iowa, that recently did a not in our town, not in our community, article on this topic. the newspaper editor was tired of all those negative comments that come in to the newspaper because you see them under the article. at the same time in sioux falls, a town close to them, that had a suicide and the whole community came together to take a positive approach and that kind of combines the two things, looking at how we treat each other online as well as how we treat each other on the community. you can go to our wepb site and see the progression as the whole community came together, the school district, the city, the library and they all worked together saying this isn't what we want in our town and they are being very proactive. another thing is we work with students and they came up with a positive campaign on facebook that they did, we have a little film on cyber bullying where some students in new jersey came together and they called it a virtual hug.
in to us as well, which we block. but there's a town, marshaltown, iowa, that recently did a not in our town, not in our community, article on this topic. the newspaper editor was tired of all those negative comments that come in to the newspaper because you see them under the article. at the same time in sioux falls, a town close to them, that had a suicide and the whole community came together to take a positive approach and that kind of combines the two things, looking at how we treat each...
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government has been using for example the drone strikes when you look at their use i mean some critics have said that this in fact creates more terrorism because people are turned off by by these kinds of killings what do you make in general mention perhaps of this in a legal type of program what do you make in general of the obama counterterrorism policies to date. well you know. primary you know when you mention the drone war its ability to generate blowback this is this is essentially a fact it's a fact that brennan and other people knew bomb administration have been reluctant to admit but everything from you know us reporting from on the ground in places like yemen and pakistan to studies that are done of widespread poverty relations that despise the u.s. drone program to other academic studies that have interviewed people on the ground that say they're scared to put their children into school and gather in large groups because they're frightened of the drones that are constantly overhead you know this does generate blowback and it's you know obama's counterterrorism policy is whil
government has been using for example the drone strikes when you look at their use i mean some critics have said that this in fact creates more terrorism because people are turned off by by these kinds of killings what do you make in general mention perhaps of this in a legal type of program what do you make in general of the obama counterterrorism policies to date. well you know. primary you know when you mention the drone war its ability to generate blowback this is this is essentially a fact...